Gulag Archipelago by Solzhenitsyn, First Edition

Paperback. stated First Edition. Mildly rubbed cover, no reading crease. Ships with tracking number. Former owner's signature fep. Perennial Library, 1974. Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

660 pages. Soiling, stains along page edges. Lower left and right hand corners of back cover torn. Size: 4.25 x 7. Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, 1973. Soft Cover. Condition: Fair to Good. 1st Ed. Soviet Gulags.

Heavy wear. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported. Harper & Row (edition 1st), 1975. Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st.

100% Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed ! The book shows some signs of wear from use but is a good readable copy. Cover in excellent condition. Binding tight. Pages in great shape, no tears. Not contain access codes, cd, DVD. Perennial Library, 1973. Condition: good. First Edition.

First Russian Language edition. VOLUME 3 ONLY. IN RUSSIAN. 581 pages. Publication colophon:14 Fevrier 1976. VOLUME 3 of the Gulag Archipelago. Wraps rubbed, else good. YMCA Press, 1975. Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition.

First Edition, First Printing; this is the Paris edition and precedes English language edition. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. Very Good. Front cover and spine creased, bookplate inside front cover; square w/firm binding, interior clean and unmarked. 606pp; illustrated in photos. Text totally in Russian. Volume I only of three-volume set. YMCA Press, Paris, France, 1973. Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book.

This harrowing account of life within the repressive Soviet world is harrowing and at times difficult to read. A true literary masterpiece in collectible (FINE) condition. Harper & Row, New York, 1974. Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Assez bon. Edition originale.

First Edition. Fine in black cloth with brightly gilt spine. In Fine dust jacket. 660pp. With some illustrations. Large octavo, thick. Hardcover. 1918-1956. An Experiment in Literary Investigation, I-II. NY: Harper & Row, 1974, 1974.

Octavo, 712 pages; VG/G; black spine with red and blue lettering; price clippec; some shelf wear and creasing to the edges, large tear at the crown of the spine and smaller tear at the top edge of the back face of the dust jacket, pages clean; volume two only; shelved in Russia. 1340092. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Harper & Row, New York, 1975. Hardcover. First US Edition, First printing.

Slight wear. Harper, 1974. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Near fine condition black cloth boards with gold spine lettering contained in a good condition dust jacket. Includes Dedication; Preface; Translator's Notes; Glossary: a) Names and b )Institutions and Terms; and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Translated from the Russian by Thomas P. Whitney. The cloth spine is somewhat wavy and the lower jacket contains a large chip extending to a two inch closed repaired tear at the lower jacket spine (see photographs). All pages are in fine condition and the spine is very tight and square. (see photographs). This is a true first edition with all of the appropriate first edition identification marks. "For years I have with reluctant heart withheld from publication this already completed book: my obligation to those still living outweighed my obligation to the dead. But now that State Security has seized the book anyway, I have no alternative but to publish it immediately." - The Author, from the front jacket. "It is a question if any work of literature in our era other than The Divine Comedy is commensurate with The Gulag Archipelago in structure, scale, multiplicity of incident and characters, emotional range, variety of inflection and, above all, in the staggering magnitude of its underlying concept. In this masterpiece, the author of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and The First Circle has orchestrated thousands of incidents and individual histories into one narrative of unflagging power and momentum. Written in a tone that encompasses Olympian wrath, bitter calm, savage irony and sheer comedy, it combines history, autobiography, documentary and political analysis as it examines in its totality the Soviet apparatus of repression from its inception following the October Revolution of 1917. The "Archipelago" of Mr. Solzhenitsyn's work is the network of secret police installations, camps, prisons, transit centers, communications facilities, transportation systems and espionage organizations which, in his view, honeycombs the length and breadth of the Soviet Union. Drawing on his own experience, material from Soviet archives, cases collected during his eleven years of labor camps and exile, and the evidence of more than 200 fellow prisoners, Mr. Solzhenitsyn concludes that the secret police are the vital element of the Soviet regime, and have been ever since its founding by Lenin. Numerous studies of the Soviet system of control have been published in the West but until now nothing so complete, so carefully documented and assembled, and never before has a literary giant devoted his gifts of narrative and characterization to the enterprise. Solzhenitsyn has here created and peopled with brilliantly portrayed human beings a vast, overarching fresco of that state within a state which is the Gulag Archipelago." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Harper & Row, New York, 1974. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

First printing of the first U.K. edition. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket. A clean, tight copy with price (£3.00) intact on front flap, but covered by reflective sticker. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. A rare copy of volume 2. Note: Small closed tears (as pictured) on an otherwise fine jacket. Translated from the Russian by Thomas P. Whitney. [Nonfiction-S]. Collins & Harvill Press, London, 1974. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition.

G in G DJ. Stated First Edition. Light to moderate signs of wear to exterior, binding solid and straight, interior clean and unmarked. Jacket has moderate chipping at edges and signs of general wear, else intact and in good shape. Clearly read, but a nice copy. Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Stated First Edition.

The first printing of the first of three volumes of Solzhenitsyn's history and personal memoir of the Soviet prison system for dissenters known as "The Gulag Archipelago". Printed in Russian in Paris in 1973 by the YMCA-Press. This is the first volume only, containing Parts I and II. In unusually nice condition in a firm square paper bound illustrated binding with no markings in the 606-page text. We have also included a scan of the title page. Please note that the text is completely in Russian. Paris: YMCA-PRESS, 1973. Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative rule to spine, blind embossed publishers emblem to front board, 712pp, illus, VG+ ( light fading & slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping with loss to spine extrems, light rubbing, light brusing and chipping at board edges). Harper & Row 1975, 1975.

Translated by Thomas P Whitney. 1st printing. Endpapers a little browned, near fine in slightly worn dust jacket. Harper and Row, Publishers, New York, etc, 1974. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition.

Part I + II of VII, published in 3 volumes. Here only vol. I (part I and II). 8°. 608 pp. Original illustrated cardboard. The book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is about the Soviet forced labor camp system, contains primary research material, as well as the author's own experiences as a prisoner in a gulag labor camp. Written between 1958 and 1968, it was published in the West in 1973 and, thereafter, circulated in the underground publication "Samizdat" in the Soviet Union until its appearance in a Russian literary journal in 1989. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918 2008) was a Russian novelist, historian, short story writer and an outspoken critic of the Soviet Union and communism. Sprache: russisch. Paris, YMCA-PRESS., 1973.

Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition, first printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Harper & Row. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition.

606 and 657 pp. In Russian. Two volume set. First vol. is grey and white with red softcovers, 2nd vol. is sepia and white with red. Vol. 1 has a short tear at top joint, some browning and staining to back cover and publisher stamp on back, inside front cover has some small stains and remains of cellotape, book is thumbed but otherwise clean. Vol. 2 has rubbing and general light wear to covers, inside first blank owner name and address, interior book block just starting to pull away from cover at front gutter, read but otherwise clean and unmarked. Hard to find the complete set, this one in respectable condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; paypal pend abe 5/24/18. YMCA Press 1973-1974, Paris, 1973. Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition.

FIRST PRINTING of the 1978 Harper & Row STATED FIRST EDITION with full number line. Hardback EX-LIBRARY book with dust jacket. NO LIBRARY MARKS/TAGS on the jacket (which is NOT price-clipped) but does have a couple of small tears. The jacket has a VERY SUNNED SPINE (it looks light blue and you can still see where the library spine tag was because it's a different color). The book is sturdy and complete with the expected library flaws: tape on the covers, library/withdrawn stamps and library labels/card pocket. PLEASE NOTE: This is VOLUME THREE only which includes Parts V, VI, & VII with a new preface by the author. Harper & Row, 1978. Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Ex-Library.

The second volume of the Gulag Archipelago. Collins & Harvill Press, 1975. Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition.

Used. Light shelf wear on the board edges. Many small black spots on the page edges. The dust jackets have light edge wear. Volume three dj has a 1 inch tear on the top edge and the spine is sunned. No highlighting, underlining or any other marks.Oversized book may require additional international shipping charges. Harper & Row Publishers, 1974. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Paris: YMCA Press,Pictorial Wrappers, First Edition,One of 200 copies printed on onion skin paper, First State with 'vtroi' in the last line of the last page. Some pencil notes and creases, still very good copy. This was the description of Wm Reese Co. when I bought it many years ago. Whether it is in fact a first state, I am not sure. As for the 'vtroi,' I don't see it, but it is written in Russian alphabet. Language: eng Language: eng. Paris: YMCA Press, 1973. Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition.

olzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. Solzhenitsyn's Uncorrected Proof of The Gulag Archipelago. New York, 1974, 640 separate unbound and folded one sided sheets, as issued, each sheet has 2 pages on a 6.5" x 22" sheet with large blank bottom margin. A massive work that detailed the machinations of the Soviet police state from the time of the Bolshevik Revolution. The book is an account of the forced labor camps, and soviet purges. Solzhenitsyn drew on his own experiences as a prisoner there, and on diaries, interviews and research. The work had an immediate profound effect and helped bring down the Soviet empire. This predates the first English edition. In USSR the possession of the manuscript of The Gulag Archipelago: would come with the risk of a long prison sentence for "anti-Soviet activities". In 1973 the KGB seized one of only three existing copies of the text still on Soviet soil. The KGB interrogated Elizaveta Voronyanskaya, one of Solzhenitsyn's trusted typists who knew where the typed copy was hidden; within days of her release by the KGB, she hanged herself. Although he had earlier wanted it published in Russia first, after Solzhenitsyn learned of her death, he decided to allow its publication in the West. Offered here is the very rare Uncorrected Proof of the First American edition, New York: Harper & Row Publishers, (1974). The first English translation was done by Thomas Whitney and first published by Harper & Row in 1974 in hardcover. This is the Uncorrected Proof that predates that first edition and is 640 pages; including an extensive glossary and index. Each page of the Proof is on a large 6.5" x 22" sheet with the words "Blank 80 and slide number." on top of every page. This information was for the printer set up on the linotype machines of the early 70's. The 640 pages are unbound and folded with a few hundred extra blank pages in the center so the fold does not damage any page with text. It is an impressive very thick proof of one of the most consequential books of the 20th century. It was reported in the New York times in 1974, that changes directed by Solzhenitsyn after he was expelled from the Soviet Union, and by his english translator delayed the project by a month and apparently also added 20 pages with the final trade edition being 660 pages.The cover has a page taped on with the Harper & Row Publishers NY letterhead and states "Important this is an Uncorrected proof - Title: The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956, Author: Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn's, Probable publication date of June 24, 1974. Approximate length 672 pages. " There is a tear across this tapped page of information sheet. But the sheets of the Proof itself are in very good condition. An extremely rare early format.The GULAG ARCHIPELAGO, Novelist Doris Lessing said that the book "brought down an empire" whilethe American diplomat George F. Kennan, said that the book was "the most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever to be levied in modern times.".

First Russian editions of each volume of the Nobel Prize-winning author's masterwork, preceding the English translation. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. All three volumes are inscribed and dated by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Each are near fine in wrappers. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Exceptionally rare signed and inscribed. Written in a tone that encompasses Olympian wrath, bitter calm, savage irony and sheer comedy, it combines history, autobiography, documentary and political analysis as it examines in its totality the Soviet apparatus of repression from its inception following the October Revolution of 1917. Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century. It placed number three on the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century by National Review magazine. YMCA Press 1973-1975, Paris, 1973.